Amy Locane-Bovenizer (center) with one of her attorneys, Ellen Torregrossa-O'Conner, during her trial Wednesday in state Superior Court in Somerville.

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Sergio Bichao
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Amy Locane-Bovenizer may be on trial for aggravated manslaughter, but on Wednesday in state Superior Court it was another person's turn in the hot seat.

Maureen Ruckelshaus is considered one of the most important witnesses in the case against the actress accused of killing 60-year-old Helene Seeman on June 27, 2010, in a high-speed collision while she was drunk.

Ruckelshaus, whose minivan was rear-ended by the actress in a minor fender-bender about 10 minutes before the fatal accident, followed Locane-Bovenizer for nearly four miles through the narrow roads of Montgomery and Princeton ...